Comparison of Wind at 500 Feet Over Minneapolis and Louisville With Geostrophic Wind |
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| Authors: | Raymond J Deland Francis S Binkowski |
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| Institution: | New York University, Department of Meteorology, and Oceanography , New York , N.Y , USA |
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| Abstract: | Measurements of wind speed at 500 ft on a television tower in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are compared with geostrophic wind speeds and lapse rates. The roughness length for the builtr-up area surrounding the tower is estimated using geostrophic boundary-layer models. Similar data for Louisville are also considered. The results are relevant to-the application of existing boundary-layer models to the estimation of wind speed and turbulent mixing over a city. |
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